Last Summer Hurrah

Our summer is winding down as Chris went back to work Wednesday and school starts just after Labor Day.  We decided to do one more fun thing before Chris had to go back.  Monday we headed down to Utah to do a few things at Thanksgiving Point.

First to Farm Country.

The girls don't see animals in person very often so they really liked it.

 There were several mommy and baby animals.

 Harvesting the produce they picked.

 There was a wagon ride.

 I love pigs, but they STUNK!

 The girls had a pony ride, Caitlin named her pony "pony"- so creative.

 Ashlee named her pony "pretty".

 We had a picnic lunch.

Then on to the museum.
The girls favorite part was digging for bones.

We saw a 3-D movie about dinosaurs.
Ashlee was very apprehensive about the movie and about the museum in general.  She just couldn't be convinced that dinosaurs don't exist anymore when they were standing right there.  So she was nervous for the movie, but ended up loving it.  It was really about paleontologist, and she wanted to go back and dig for bones after it was over.  They were both obsessed.

One part of the museum was about sound.  It was interesting and fun.

Again, Ashlee was frightened to enter this area of the museum- a hallway of outer space.  We all went through together and she wasn't scared, so then she went through again and again and again.
Chris, Caitlin and Ashlee are standing on the path.

Roaring dinosaurs!

This part had sand and water to play in.

Remember how they became obsessed with paleontology?
They have played it in the sandbox many times since we got home.  We even gave them paintbrushes to clean the artifacts.  They look for toys mostly, not bones!

And the funny thing is, it actually feels like fall is in the air since our day trip.  I guess summer is officially ending.